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MACHINE FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

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RONALD F. MoEEEI-Y, OF BEVERLY,

MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATEBSON, JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR USE IN Zl'HE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND MASSACHUSETTS,

ASSIGNOB TO UNITED SHOE NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW SHOES.

Application filed To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RONALD F. MeFnnLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beverly, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Imrovements in Machines for Use in the anufacture of Boots and Shoes, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several gures.

This invention relates to the manufacture of boots and shoes.

A broad object of the invention is to produce a machine which shall combine the tion consists operations of assembling a shoe and lasting the heel seat, operations heretofore performed by separate machines and as distinct steps in the manufacture of a shoe. The assembling o eration as heretofore performed inclu es positioning the innersole and the upper materials, including the upper, lining and heel stiffener, in proper relation to the last and to one another, and securing them together in that relation. At a later and entirely distinct stage in the manufacture of the shoe, after the operation of the pulling over machine, the heel seat was lasted.

Oneimportant feature of this invention consists in improved nieans constructed and arranged for use in assembling a shoe.

Another important feature of the invenin improved lasting mechanism; and a further very important feature of this invention consists in a combination of shoe assembling means and lasting mechanism.

The machine herein shown and described, which is adapted like the assembling machine to operate upon parts of a shoe loosely arranged about a last, combines the operations of the'assemblingmachine and a heel seat lasting machine. fter positioning the parts of the shoe at the heel in proper position and while holding them in proper relation the machine eifects the heel seat lasting operation. By the use of this machine the temporary securing of the parts of the upper in assembled relation is rendered unnecessary as the lasting is efiected while the ma chine holds the parts in proper assembled Specification of Letters Patent.

August 14,

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

1909. Serial No. 512,904.

irelation so that an important saving of time and expense is effected and a greatly improved quality of work is obtained by performing on this machine operations heretofore separately performed by different machines as distinct steps in the manufacture of the shoe.

Another important feature of the preferred embodiment of the invention consists in the combination with assembling or other apparatus in the use of which the upper is ut under forward tension about the heel part of the shoe, of lasting mechanism which operates to last the heel portion of the shoe while such tension is maintained. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the assembling operation is made to include also the step of forwardly pulling the upper to conform it, particularly its marginal portion, to the shape of the side faces of the last.

Another very important feature of this invention consists in automatically operating without heel seat tacking mechanism which is also operated automatically.

Novel features of found in the construction and arrangement of the shoe supporting and pulling means, with its adaptations to the steps of assembling and adjusting the loosely applied parts of the shoe into proper relation 'and lengthwise of the rear portion of the last; in the provision for movement of wardly into the heel embracing band of the lasting mechanism and the actuation of that band further to conform the upper materials to the contourof the heel portion of anism constructed and arranged to adapt itself to the shape of operating mechanism by which overwiping mechanism is caused to act repeatedly on the same portion of the shoe; in provision for automatically changing the relative altitudes of the wipers and the shoe during the lasting operation; in the gang tacking mechanism by which the heel seat portion of the shoe is fastened; and in other combinations found in the illustrated embodiment of the the shoe so prepared backinvention, as will appear from the following description and the accompanying draw- These and other features of the invention including certain combinations of parts and more important details of construction will now be described in connection with the drawings and then pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings illustrating one embodiment of my invention, Figure l is a side elevation; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the head of the machine on a larger scale and in the plane of the driving shaft; Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are side elevations on a larger scale than Fig. 1 of the upper stretching mechanism in different positions; Fig. 6 1s a section on line 6 of Fig. 4; Fig. 7 is a section on line 7 of Fig. 4; Fig. 8 IS a perspective view of the heel seat lasting mechanism; Fig. 9 is a horizontal section showing the means for carrying the counter conforming band; Figs. 10, 11 and 12 are details concerned with the shoe su port positioning and locking mechanism which is shown also in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 13 is a horizontal section on a higher plane than Fig. 9 showing the overworking and tacking devices for the heel seat; Fig. 14 is a pers ective view partly in section of the tac supplying mechanism also shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fi s. 15 and 16 are sections of the tack distrifiuting mechanism in difl'erent positions. Fig. 17 is a erspective view of the operating device or the tack distributer. Fig. 18 is a horizontal section in the same plane as Fig. 9 showing the clamps used instead of the heel band. Fig. 19 shows the side clamps and heel band used together. Fig. 20 is a pers ective view of one of the clamps.

The machine comprises a base 2 upon the top of which is mounted the head carrying the heel seat lasting mechanism and to the side of which near the front is pivoted at 4 the shoe support or jack carrying the shoe assembling and upper pulling apparatus.

The jack post 5 can swing outwardly to clear the last thereon from the machine for giving access to all sides of the shoe in aplying the last to the heel pin 6 and assemfiling and adjusting the upper materials and the innersole in proper relation. The arm 8 carrying the upper pulling devices is mounted on the spin 1 be freely adjusted vertically by the pinion shaft 11, see Figs. 4 and 7, which is a sleeve with a toothed head embracing a serrated disk on a rod 12. A spring 13 maintains locking contact between the head and disk as shown in Fig. 7 The spindle 10 with the shoe and the pullin devices can turn about the axis of the spindle to present either side of the shoe to the operator in the assembling and adjusting operations and to permit right and left crooked to be positioned ape 10 upon which it can h propriately with relation to the lasting mechanism. The arm 8 trends upwardly from the spindle and in its forward portion has a horizontal guideway located directly below the last in which a block 15 is movable lengthwise of the shoe. This block comprises an overhanging arm 16 which rises from one side thereof as shown in the drawings to give opportunity for the shoe to be swung laterally thereunder into position for the upper to be gripped and pulled, and for the toe of the last to be swung laterally while the grippers hold the upper whereby the upper may, in effect, be adjusted longitudinally about the last and the tip line of the upper straightened or positioned at the desired angle across the last. The arm 16 has a rest 17 for engaging the bottom of the last or the innersole thereon, the toe end of the last being held up by a spring 18 acting upon the heel p1n,-and a rest 19 for engaging the end face of the last when the block has been adjusted to the right position in the arm 8 for the particular shoe in hand.

The block 15 supports pivotally at 20 the upper pulling device which comprises a gripper carrier 22 which is an angular member or lever on which one grippin jaw 23 is rigidly fastened while the other aw 25 is pivoted thereon at 24. The pivot 20 also serves as the fulcrum for the gripper operatmg member 26 having the handle rod 28 and the guideway, formed by the roll 30 and the wall 32, for the tail of the jaw 25. A spring 33 in the operating member presses forwardly against the carrier 22 and rocks its heel 34 a ainst a lug 35 located on the carryin bloc 15 below the pivot 20. This spring. iolds the jaws forwardly with relation to the operatin member so that the will not retract relatively to the u er until they have closed and gripped it. The operatmg member carries a pawl 36, see Fig. 6, for engagin a curved ratchet face 38 formed on the b 0c: 15 to maintain the position of the operating member when it is not being moved. The pawl, which is adapted to be engaged by a pawl 39 on the block 15, see dotted lines in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, to lock the block and all the parts carried by it against forward movement on the arm and give stability to the fulcrum 20 while the upper is being pulled and held under tension. The pawl 39 is normally held away from its ratchet by the engagement of heel 34 with the arm 40 of the pawl and is ermitted to be turned up, by its spring, against the ratchet on arm 8 only after the gripper carrier with its heel 34 has been turned forwardly in pulling the upper as shown in Fig. 5. The arrangement of the spring 33 provides for holding the gripper carrier in a normal position determined by the engagement of its heel 34 with the lug 35 and with the jaws either open or closed depending upon the position in which the o crating member 26 is held by its pawl 36. hen the operator has applied the last to. the heel pin with the upper materials and innersole loosely or otherwise placed thereon and positioned the slide 15 according to the length of the last with the rests 17 and 19 in the relation shown in Fig. 3 he will lift the handle rod 28 to open the jaws if they are closed. This movement forces shoulder 32 against the tail of jaw 25 to turn that jaw on its pivot 24 as will be clear from Fig. 5. The upper having properly positioned within the jaws the handle 28 will be depressed. The spring 33 holds the grip er carrier and its 'aws from rearward roc ing until the s all have gripped the stock and the rol 30 then en- .ages the tail of jaw 25 for forcibly pressing it in the closing direction. In the continued downward movement of the handle rod the roll is pressed. against the tail piece and acts therethrough to draw the grippers backwardly about fulcrum 20 to stretch the upper as will be understood by comparing Figs. 4 and 5. It is to be noted that the pulling movement of the grippers takes place about the pivot 20, the pomts of the jaws being raised as they pull so that the upper is bent about the end of jaw 25 to increase the holding power of the jaws with the increase in tension applied. Preferably the up er is not bent upwardly over the toe end of the last in a we to interfere with tightening the margina edge of the u per throughout the length of the vamp an the grippers therefore hold the upper materials including the heel stifl'ener conformed to the contour of the heel of the last for the heel seat lasting operation.

The rests 17 and 19 constitute convenient means for positioning or adjusting the innersole lengthwise on the last bottom if the innersole is unattached to the last as it is in the manufacture of many shoes. When the innersole is to be positioned with relation to the heel end face of the last the block 15 may be initially positioned to have a slight backward movement before the stop 19 meets the end of the lastand in this movement the innersole will be caused by the roughened rest 17 to slide heelward until it meets theheel stiifener or upper material. Then when the upper is pulled toeward the heel end ofthe innersole will be pushed forwardly until it is flush with the rearface of the last. These movements are sli ht and not enough to cause any objections. le

\ tipped downwardly enou been straightened out and bowing of the innersole but rather tend to cause the innersole to lay down snugly into the shank of the last as it should do to facili- 'tate the heel seat lasting operation. If the innersole is to be positioned with relation to the toe end of the last the stop 19 may first be positioned against the toe of the last as in Fig. 4 and the innersole then abutted against the stop, the toe of the last being gh to relieve contact of the rest 17 with the innersole during the adjustment of the latter.

The jack includes a spring 3 which as shown in Fig. 1 is strong enough to uphold the spindle 10 with the shoe thereon and when the upper has been satisfactorily pulled toeward and fitted to the last the Jack post is swung inwardly, within the heel band and against a suitable back stop 69 the shoe being depressed to permit it to go under the heel bottom rest which will be described. The lower end of the spindle is formed as a rack which engages a pinion on the shaft 4 upon which the jack post is pivoted. This shaft also has a rigidly attached ratchet wheel 41 as shown in Figs. 1 and 11 which is engaged by a pawl on the lower end of a rod 42 to turn the shaft and its pinion in the direction for uplifting the spindle from the power shaft during the operation of the machine for a purpose which will be described. A similarly constructed but horizontally arranged rack bar, pinion, ratchet wheel and pawl connection shown in Fig. 12 is provided between the jack post and a rod 43 for inswinging the jack and the shoe from the power shaft, and these rods, which with their associated parts are shown in Figs. 12 and 13 on a larger scale than in Fig. l, are connected to bell-cranks 44 mounted on a fixed pivot rod as shown in Fig. 10. The outer ends of the c'ranks 44 rest upon springs 45 in the outer arm of a bell-crank 46 the upper arm of which is a segment which, through suitable connections later described. receives motion from the power shaft. This movement upwardly for the rods is transmitted yieldingly by the separate spring 45 and turns the ratchets in the direction to uplift the spindle and shoe and to gull them backwardly into the machine. v everse'movement is transmitted to the rods unyie'ldingly through contacting faces of'the uppgr arms of the bell cranks as may be seen from Fig. 10 and forces the tails of the pawls into contact with the stops 47 which swing the noses of the pawls away from their ratchets leaving the latter free to turn. This is the condition which exists between the end of one cycle of the machines operation and the beginning of another cycle and prevails while the workman is removing one shoe and applying and pulling another 02. The illustrated heel lasting mechanism into which the shoe is thrust backwardly after the upper has been pulled and adjusted includes a plurality of separately movable parallel cords, bands, or the like 50 arranged to extend about the heel portion of the shoe from the shank on one side to the shank on the other. The end portions of the cords are bent outwardly over the swiveled heads 51 of blocks 52, pivoted upon the front arms of angle levers 54, and are attached to separate springs 55 which are independently adjustable by threaded anchors 56. A lining 58 of leather, rubber, felt or other suitable material is arranged Within the bands 50 and distributes the pressure of the bands without interfering with their relative conforming movement to adapt them to the contour of each last when they are put under tension b the actuation of the levers 54. This is e fected through the connecting rods 59 and equalizer 60, see Fig. 9, the latter being mounted on a toothed slide 61 which is engaged by a pinion, see Fig. 2, which is turned by a toothed angle lever 62, see Fig. 2, fulcrumed at 63 and having a roll in engagement with the rear cam face 64 of the cam block 65. This cam block is carried by the cam shaft 66 which is driven through a clutch and connections to the lower pulley shaft 68 which driving parts are or may be substantially like those shown and claimed in United States Letters Patent, 791,686, of June 6, 1905. This clutch mechanism need not be here further described than to state that it is actuated by a treadle X hto cause the machine to be started and that the cam disk X has suitably formed and located rises to cause the machine automatically to come to rest at predetermined times which will be later noted. The backward movement of the slide (31 effected by the rise in the cam face 64 turns the angle levers 54, swings their front ends inwardly and, through the blocks 52, forces the bands and their lining toward the sides of the last. This inward movement of the levers 54 extends the bands 50, anchored to the screw bolts 56, putting the springs 55 under tension and causing those springs to exert an endwise pull on the bands for drawing forwardly upon the counter and upper as they areconformed to the sides of the last. The block 52 is pivoted to the lever 54 at 53 and a spring 57 maintains the block in a normal position. The location of the pivot 53 back of the head of the block causes that block to be projected forwardly as lei'ver 54 closes toward the shoe. The slide 61, actuated from the cam face 64, is toothed on its lower face as shown in Fig. 2 to engage the upper arm of the angle lever 46 before described by which the shoe is lifted and pulled back into the machine and is locked there to receive the heel seat lasting operation. Any other mechflhismsuitable for clamping the heel portion of the upper materials to the last may be used instead of that above described. A back stop 69 is adjustably mounted in osition to limit the backward movement 0 the shoe into the elastic heel band which is effected by the connection to the jack post through the rod 43. This insures a predetermined positioning of the shoe lengthwise with relation to the operating parts of the machine. The back stop is forked to center the shoe laterally independently of the band and thus assist in positioning the shoe laterally with relation to the lasting and tacking mechanism. In Fig. 18 the back stop is shown as formed on a rack bar adjustable by a shaft 690 having a handle at the side of the machine with a pawl in it to engage a locking ratchet 691 having marked on it graduations indicating the proper adjustment for different sizes. The ratchet can be adjusted to position the graduations for different roups of sizes such as mens, Womens or chil rens sizes. In this figure and also in Fig. 19, the back stop is shown as provided with a swiveled head 692 on which in turn are swiveled two contact blocks 693. A detail of this device is shown in Fig. 20. In

Figs. 18 and 19 there are also provided side clamps on arms 694 actuated by springs 695 on rods guided in the swinging arms 54, above described, to clamp the upper against the sides of the heel as shown. The contact members of these side clamps are like those located at the end of the heel and the front member at each side is located to press the rial, the clamps will be useful in securing a good conformation of the heel stifl'ener to the contour of the last and if fine shoes are being lasted which have stiif counters the band will be employed to distribute the pressure of the clamps and avoid any danger of marring the stock. For li ht shoes the band alone-will probably be su cient. i

The devices for breaking down the counter and upper over the edge and upon the bottom of the heel seat are shown best in Fig. 13 in connection with Fig.- 2 and comprise the wiper plates 70, 70, 72'and the links 71, 71 arranged to embrace the entire heel end portion of the shoe and to wipeinwardly and forwardly over the heel as they are closed from the position shown in Fig. 13. These devices receive their movements from the cam block 65, before mentioned and shown in Fig. 2, which has a cam path 75 in which stands a. roll 76 on a slide 78 that is connected by an equalizer 80 with .bars 82, see Fig. 13, and also carries the rigid forwardly rO ecting arm 83. This arm 83 has a yie ding connection with the wiper plate 72 provided by the followin arrangement: The arm 83 has a beveled on face which abuts a ainst a similar face on a displaceable mem er 84 that is pivoted to a slide 85 and by which the wiper 72 is actuated through the stud 840 and sub-slide 850. The member 84 has a beveled upper face at 86 upon which rests a beveled plunger 87 carried in the slide 85 and pressed upon by a heavy spring 88, see Figs. 2 and 13. he spring plunger maintains the members 83, 84 norma shown in Fig. 13, but permits the member 84 to turn and the movement of the wiper 72 to cease when resistance to such movement overbalances the tension of the spring 88. Normally however the wi er will overcome any resistance offered y the work and complete its stroke into predetermined position over the last bottom to wipe the upper into position to be tacked. The tacking is effected by mechanisms to be more fully described and each of which includes a tack block 120 carried by the slide 85 and having a depending lip or stop 122 to meet the side of the last, or the heel band that embraces the last, and position the tack blocks for tacks to be inserted at u; definite distance from the edge of the shoe bottom. When this stop of the slide 85 the beveled faces of members 83, 84 wedge sidewise against the influence of sprin 88. The member 84 has a cam slot 8-12 into which the stud 840 of the subslide or wiper slide 850 rejects and when member 84 is wedged si ewise as described the cam slot 842 acts on thestud 840 to retract the wi er slide and wiper slightly with relation to t e shoe and with relation to the tack block so as to permit the tacks to be driven into a portion of the u per which has been wiped in and pressed own by the wipers to smooth andprepare it for the reception of the tacks. The machine thus automatically follows in this respect the well known and advantageous procedure of the operator of manually actuated bed lasting machines who backs up his wi rs preparatory to tacking the heel seat. e members 88, 84 have coiiperating lugs 89 by which. member 84 is returned to its ini-' tial position when member 83 is retracted.

The bars 82 connected with the equalizer 80, see Fig. 18, have toothed engagement with angle levers 90 which in turn have toothed connection throu h pinions 91 with rack bars 93. Each rack bar 93 is connected with a slide 95 corresponding to the slide 85 of the heel wiper actuating mechanism which actuates the side wiper plates by the same arrangement, including parts 84, 840, 842, so, 87, se, 89 and 950, that connects ly in the relation 122 arrests the movement.

dicular to the corners of the heel of the last being operated upon, or the curved portions connecting the back end of the heel and the sides of the heel. The plungers 96 are pressed forwardly b sti 98 to hold the links up to t eir wor of reaking down the upper and counter as the wipers and links are advanced and closed in over the heel seat.

The construction and arrangement of the parts just described provides that movement will be transmitted from the cam path to the wiper plate 72 and through that plate and the links 71 to the wiper plates 0 to. advance the wipers This carries the wiper 72 over the 'heel seat of the shoe and moves the wipers 7O endwise in blocks 950 and the links forwardly with relation to the plungers 96. Simultaneously with this forward movement motion is transmitted through the an is levers 90 and the described, indepen ently yieldin connections to close the side wipers an the corner wipers or links 71 inwardly over the heel seat, thus gatherin the upper inwardly in substantial y radia lines over the heel seat. The provision for effecting the forward movement and the inward movement from each side of the shoe through independently yielding connections permits the wipin or breaking down means to adapt or con orm .itself to the contour of each shoe and this is facilitated by the flexible connection 71 between the plates 70, 72, which act at the ends and back of the heel seat. The independently yielding connections also facilitate the adaptation of the wipers tothe shape apd position of right and left shoes which d1fl 'er greatly when made on crooked lasts. TlllB however is largely provided for by arranging the jack so that the shoe can swing laterally about the axis of the spin dle 10 to center both right and left shoes in the lasting devices.

The cam path 75 is formed, see dotted lines representing the back of the cam block in Fig. 2, to give a slow inward actuation of the breaking down means and then, see the full lines on the front side of the cam block, to retract these means and advance them a second time in the same cycle of the machines operation. It is intended that the first or essentially breaking down advance shall take place with the shoe in a lower position than the second or wipin in and ironing down. movement. Accor ingly, means for controllin the vertical position of the shoe is provi ed and is connected with means for changing that vertical position automatically between the two actuations of the upper 'overworking means. The shoe bottom rest 100 is formed as sh own in Fig. 8 to contact with the shoe bottom at a plurality of oints including points at oposite sides of the innersole near the heel reast line to position the shoe as to trans verse inclination of the heel bottom and to clamp the insole down firmly upon the last bottom near its 0 posite edges. This bottom rest is movab e endwise in a guideway formed in the lower face of a block 102 and is pressed forwardly therein by a spring 103 against an adjusting screw 104. The block 102 is guided for vertical movement in the machine head and has rack teeth engaged by a inion 105 coupled by a rack rod 107 to 9. ever 108 which is fulcrumed at its upper end and is held by a spring, 109, acting on the rack rod, against a cam face 110 formed on the front end of the cam block 65. This cam face is formed with relation to the cam track 75 for the bottom rest to be raised between the first and the second advance of the wipers so that the shoe may come up to the level of the wi rs before their second advance, whereby t e upper is caused to be firmly wiped or ironed down upon the last bottom to form a firm, smoothly lasted heel seat. The lifting of the shoe is eflected by the strong sprin 45 located in the jack lifting mechanism w ich is at under tension when the 'ack is locked up. The cam face 110 is also ormed to dethe bottom rest again after the tacks are driven, as will be described, and before the wipers are finally retracted. Thisis to de ress the shoe from the wipers and to eve the pressure of the wipers and prevent them from drag 'ng over the lasted and tacked upper in air final retraction. It will be remembered that the wipers are artiallyretracted before the tacks are 46 driven so that the tacks may be inserted through a portion of the upper that has" been smoothed and compacted by the wipers as is customary in the use of hand operated lasting machines.

The slides 85, 95 and 96 support the tack blocks 120 of which there are five mounted in said slides as shown in Figs. 8 and 13 to have a small amount of angular movement in a horizontal plane. These blocks have 5 projections extending downwardly through slots in the wipers and carrying feelers or 122 arranged to engage the side of the s oe, or the counter clamping bands and thereby limit the inward movement of the tankers and also determine the position with relation to the edge of the shoe at which the tack: shall be inserted. The also effeet the nry rning of t e tack blocks in their slides to fpgsition at substantially 5 theaamedistance mtheedgeeachof the two tacks which the blocks are a l 1 to carry. The tack pockets in the bl a: 120 are inclined so as to drive the tacks toward the center of the heel and. the drivers 124 are similarly inclined. This a meat provides that the ingoin tacks which are simultaneously driven al the way around the heel seat shall by reason of their inclmation draw the upper inwardly from the edge of the last. These tacks are driven in front of the wipers into a ortion of the upper materials which there ore ienot held down in lasted position and the indrawing efl'ected b the inclined tacks is therefore particular y advanta us because it takes up or reduces the also that otherwise would be liable to exist between the line of tacks and the edge of the wipers. A single driver rod 125 carries two drivers 124 and the turning movement of the tack block takes place about the axis of that rod which is connected by a slide block 123 and a ball oint the driver plate 126 dad to move 1n rigid lines by the 0st 12 The driver plate is the broadene front end of a lever fulcrumed at 128 upon a link 129 and havmg :1 depending hinged link 130 the foot of which rests upon a earn 132 on the front end of the cam shaft 66. This cam serves to lift the driverf lever and the driver?1 the tension 0 springs 134 suspen rods 133 from the lever to be compressed a gainst a shelf 135 on the frame reparatory to actuatutilg the driver lever d ownwardly to insert e tacks when the cam permlts said sprin the rame limit the down stro e of the drivers and determine the extent to which the tacks shall be driven. A forked slide block 140, see Fig. 2, restmg on the machine frame is adapted to be advanced by a T lever, ivoted at 148 and having a handle arm 1 5, into a position under shoulders 146 on the lever-raising link 130 and tprevent the descent of the lever for driving e tacks until the operator has had opportunity to examine the shoeafter the second inwlping of the lasting devices. The slide block may then be retracted to permit the drivin of the tacks, or if the shoe is not proper lasted and must be sub mitted to a secon cycle of the machines operation the block may be left until a suitable time in the next cycle when it will be automatically retracted by the engagement of a wedge 148 which is shown as carried by the rotating tack hopper 150 with the up arm 147 of the lover. The tacks are f by mechanism later to be described from the hopper 150 which is oscillated by a rack bar 152 through a sprin 154 from a cam track 155 in the side of t e cam X" on the cam shaft 66. These arts do not in themselves form' a part 0 this invention and may be of previouslyknown construction.

to close. Adjustable ato s 186 on The hopper has a stud 156 between. which and the wedge 148 the arm 147 is set when the slide block 140 is advanced to obstruct the descent of the drivers. This'stud prevents the oscillation of the hopper through a great enough angle to effect the separation and feeding of a second set of tacks until the set which is waiting to be driven has been inserted and if the c cle of the machine is completed without riving the wait ing set then the feeding mechanism is rendered ineffective for thatcycle but the wedge 148 forces the tack stopping devices to normal position in time to permit delivery of tacks for the next cycle The block 140 and the arm 147 constitute connected means; reset trolling the feeding and thedriving of the tacks. By the use of these devices the machine can be made to repeat its cycle as many times as may be required with the tacking mechanism each time ineffective and thus a particularly stubborn shoe be lasted in by successive operations of the wipers and finally tacked when it is in satisfactory condition.

The tacks which gravitate down the raceway grooves, Fig. 14, from the hopper are separated by a slide 160 with which moves a notched gate 162 and are delivered through the oblique slots and eyes in said plate as described in United States Letters Patent No. 1,002,421, granted on my application Sept. 5, 1911. There are five racewa s an the separating mechanism is arran e .to be reciprocated twice in each cycle 0 the machine to deliver ten tacks, which is the numher the machine is designed to drive at one time. To this end a receiving late 164 is provided which is guided for en wise movement between the conductor or tack tube anchor plate 165 and a cap plate 166. The receiving plate has ten pockets arranged in two series alternating and so positioned that when the first series is in receiving position the points of the tacks will rest upon the anchor plate and will not be dischar ed into the tack tubes until the receivin p ate has been moved to put the secon series of pockets in receiving position in time to take the tacks from the second actuation of the separating devices. At this time the first set of tacks will be discharged into the tubes and the second set will fall directly through the receiving plate into the tubes as shown in Fig. 16 so that the two sets of tacks fall into the tubes which lead them to their pockets under the devices, Fig. 2, at nearly the same time. This concentrates the tack delivering period and leaves the remainder of the time occupied by the cycle of the machine for other operations. One series of tack pockets is arranged oblique to the other 'so that the extent of movement of the receiving plate to position all its pockets in alinement with the tubes in the conductor plate and discharge the tacks may be different from the spacing between the tubes in the conductor plate. A different number. of tacks may be fed in any multiple of the number of the raceway grooves. For actuating the separating devices to take from the raceways two charges of tacks in each cycle the pinion 168 which formerly directly the separating devices meshes .on 170 of half the number of has a crank connected to the block 172 in the depending fork of the separator driving bar 174 and from which that bar and the separatin devices receive a complete reciprocation rom the oscillatory movement of the pinion 168 and the hopper in one direction and a second complete reciprocation from the oscillatory movement in the other direction. The crank block has a stud 175 arranged to contact at times with an arm 176 on a shaft 178 that has a tooth 179 having a yielding connection with the delivery plate by means of spring plungers 180 as shown-in Fig. 17. This arrangement is such that as the stud 175 turns downwardly and to the left in Fig. 17 it leaves the arm 176 and the delivery slide 164:at rest in what may be considered to be the discharging portion of the slide until the stud nearly completes its rotary stroke when it will reach a position to contact with the upper side of the arm 176 and move the delivery slide into its first receiving position shown in Fig. 15, in time to take the first set of tacks discharged from the oblique slots and eyes of the separating plate 160. On the reverse oscillation of the pinion 168 and the hopper the stud will leave the arm 176 again and not contact with it until it approaches the Fig. 17 position whereupon it will turn the arm and move the delivery slide to the left in the figures to discharge the first set of tacks into the tubes Fig. 16 and receive the second set from the separator plate, as shown in Fig. 16.

An indicator is often used with machines,

of this type for the purpose of recording the amount of work done and in Figs. 1 and 2 an indicator 180 which may be of any usual form is shown as built into. the machine head so that it cannot be tampered with. The actuating lever 182 of the indicator is connected by a plunger 184 with an eccentric portion of the shaft 185 of the hopper which, it will be recalled, is locked by the arm 147 to prevent it from being actuated whenever the machine is caused to repeat its operations on a shoe. By this arrangement the indicator is caused to record the number of shoes operated upon as distinguished from the number of cycles through which it is caused to run.

In the use of the machine the work may be repared by applying the upper, linings and heel stifl'ener loosely to the last and the inner sole will be placed loosely upon the last bottom in a McKay shoe, as is usual, while in making welt shoes the usual practice of tacking the innersole to the last bottom may be followed if preferred. The shoe will then be applied to the heel pin of the jack, the latter being tipped forward on its pivot 4. The toe of the shoe may then be swung under the rest 17 and the upper will be inserted in the grippers 24, 25 and pulled and the several parts of the upper materials be adjusted into proper assembled osition on the last substantially as described in United States Letters Patent 855,831, for method of making shoes. When the parts of the shoe are in correct assembled relation with one another and with the general lines of the last, and the up er strained forwardly to conform it snug y to the heel portion of the last with its mar 'nal edges held under tension, the jack will e tipped backwardly into the heel lasting mechanism. The treadle X is then depressed for starting the machine which runs through a portion of its cycle determined by the formationof the cam X and then stops automatically. As herein shown the cycle is divided into three steps and the machine comes to rest after the locking of the jack and the tightening of the heel bands and again between the second closing of the overworking wipers and the insertion of the tacks to permit the operator to inspect the work and, by hand operations, make any adjustments that may be required for securing a satisfactorily lasted heel seat. .The second stop may be omitted or this stop, and also the first stop, may be optional with the o erator if desired. Thiswould permit spec ing of the machine by a skilful operator and upon cheap work wherein nicety of adjustment is not required. The clutch mechanism to which reference is made is arranged to bring the machine always to a stop at the redetermined points but it may be modi ed so that if the workman retains his foot on the treadle the machine will skip the intermediate stops and continue running to the end of its cycle; and further the cam X may be changed to add a sto either necessary or optional between the rst and the second wiping. The raising of the bottom rest and the lifting of the shoe following it by the expansion of the yielding element in the jack lifting mechanism takes place automatically between the two over-working operations of the wipers. This lifting of the shoe may be made more radical by adding to the formation of the cam face 64 in an obvious way to cause the bell crank lever 46 to be rocked before or during the second advance of the wipers and force the shoe upwardly. This change in the cam will also effect a supplemental tightening of the heel band after the breaking down of the upper caused by the first closing of the wipers and this is desirable in lasting stubborn upper materials. If the shoe is a diflicult one to last the operator may suspend the driving of the tacks that are in the tack blocks and the delivery of a second set of tacks b shifting the hand lever 145 to set the block 140 and the. stop 147. The operator will then watch the wiping over operation and if it is satisfactorily done he will withdraw the block and stop and permit the upper to be fastened by the tacks. If it is unsatisfactory the shoe will be subjected to another cycie of the machines operation and the block and 'stop will be withdrawn at the proper time to permit the upper to be secured and a set of tacks fed into place to be driven into the next shoe;

Those novel features of this invention which relate, only to the tacking mechanism are not claimed herein but constitute the subject-matter of a divisional application Serial No. 621,514, filed April 17,1911.

Having explained the nature of this invention and described a construction embodying the same in the best form now known to me, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a last spindle, a gripper support extended therefrom, and a gripper mounted on the support in position to pull an upper applied to a last on the spindle, said machine having means for fixing the gripper indifferent positions of adjustment both vertically and horizontally relatively to the last spindle for lasts of different heights and lengths.

2. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a last spindle, a. grip er support extended therefrom and ad usta le vertically thereon, a gripper mounted on the support, and means for fixing the gripper upon the support in different adjusted positions'.

3. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a. last-spindle, a gripper support extended from the s indle, a gripper adapted to be fixed in di erent adjusted positions thereon lengthwise of the shoe, and means for actuating the gripper in its adjusted positions to pull the upper forward on the last.

4. A machine of the class described having, in combination, sh'oe resting means including an abutment for the toe end of the last, a ripper arranged to engage the forepart 0 the u per and mounted for movement longitudinally of the last away therefrom to pull the u per lengthwise, and means for actuating t he gripper.

5. A machine of the class described having, in combination, shoe resting means including abutments for the bottom and for the toe end of the last, a gripper arranged to engage the toe portion of the upper, and

means for actuating the gripper forwardly and upwardly with relation to the last for pulling the upper lengthwise.

(3. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a last spindle, a support extended therefroin, and an upper pulling device mounted on the support including an abutment for the last and jaws ing in combination, a last spindle, a support extended therefrom, a block mounted in the support and having an abutment for the toe end of the last, an abutment for the bot tom face of the last, and gripper jaws fulcrumed in the block to pull the upper for wardly and upwardly.

9. A machine of the class described, having in combination upper pulling means comprising a rest for the toe end face of the last, a rest for the bottom face of the forepart of the last, jaws for gripping the upper, and means for moving the jaws to pull the upper forward on the last.

10. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a last support, and upper pulling means comprising an abutment for the toe end face of the last, a pivoted gripper for pulling the upper lengthwise of the last with relation to said abutment, and manually operated means for actuating the gripper. i

11. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a last support, a block including an abutment for the last, grippers pivoted on the block, and a lever for closing the grippers'and swinging them about their pivot to pull the upper forward.

12. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a last support, a block, grippers pivoted to the block below the last, and means for closing the grippers and rocking them about their pivot to pull the upper toeward and upward.

13. A machine of the class described, hav ing in combination, a last su port, a block, a gripper jaw pivoted to the look, a second jaw pivoted to the first, and an operating device arranged to engage the second jaw to close the jaws on the work and then rock them about the pivotalconnection of the first jaw with the block.

14. A machine of the class described, having in combination,.gripper jaws arranged to pull an upper, and an operating device therefonhaving a .handle capable of independent rotation, and means controlled by said rotation for locking and unlocking the operating. device.

15. A machine of the class described having, in combination, means for supporting a lastin inverted position, grippers arranged to engage the toe portion of the upper, a support located below the grippers and below the last bottom and about which the grippers canhavepivotal movement for pulling the upper, and means for actuating the grippers angularly about said pivot to pull. the upper, the arrangement being such that the upper is bent to increase its fric tioual engagement with the end of the lower jaw ofthe grippers as the pulling movement proceeds.

16. A machine of the class described, having in combination, the shoe support 10, the gripper support 8 thereon, and-the adjustable connections comprising a rack on the support 10, the toothed sleeve 11 having a hand wheel, the rod 12 having a locking head, and the spring 13 to press the hand wheel and the locking head together.

17. A machine of the class described, having in combination, the shoe support 10, the gripper support 8 thereon, the block 15 movable in the support 8, the pawl 39 for locking the block, the gripping means movable upon the block after it has been locked, and the pawl 36 for locking the gripping means.

18. In a machine of the class described, means for positioning an inverted last, a gripper arranged adjacent to the toe of the last and pivotally supported at a point below the last, and means for actuating the gripper about said pivot to pull the upper forwardly and upwardly.

19. In a machine of the class described, means for positioning an inverted last, a gripper arranged adjacent to the toe of the last, and comprising an angle lever pivoted at the lower end of the upright arm and having one of the gripping jaws on the horizontal arm, a cooperating aw, and means for actuating the gripper about the pivotal connection of said upright arm.

20. In a machine of the class described, means for positioning an inverted last, a gripper arranged adjacent to the toe of the last. and comprising an angle lever pivoted at the lower end of the upright arm and having one of the gripping jaws on the horizontal arm. a cooperating jaw, and means acting through said cooperating jaw to close it upon the work and then move the lever about said pivotal support for the upright arm to pull the upper.

21. A machine of the class described, hav ing in combination, means-for gripping an upper at the toe, pulling it forwardly and holding it under lengthwise tension without bending it over the toe end of the last, and

means for lasting the heel seat of the shoe while the upper is thus held.

A shoe making machine, having in combination, means for engaging an upper, operating means for relatively moving said engaging means and the last lengthwise of the upper in the direction for straining the upper forwardly on the last, and automatically operating means for lasting the heel seat portion of the shoe.

23. A shoe making machine, having in combination, means for engaging an upper, operating means for relatively moving said engaging means and the last lengthwise of the upper in the direction for straining the upper forwardly on the last, automatically operating means for lasting the heel seat portion of the shoe, and automatically operating means for tacking the upper.

24'. A shoe making machine, having in combination, means for straining an upper forwardly on a last, and means operated automatically a plurality of times over the same portion of the heel seat to wipe the upper into lasted position over the heel seat of the last.

25. A shoe making machine, having in combination, manually operated means for engaging an upper, operating means for relatively moving said engaging means and the last lengthwise of the upper in the direction for straining the upper forwardly on the last, and automatically operated means for lasting the entire heel seat portion of the shoe while the upper is held under strain.

26. A shoemaking machine having, in

combination, means movable forwardly relatively to the last for straining the u per toward the toe end of the last, and mechanism operating automatically while such forward strain is maintained for lasting the heel seat portion of the shoe. 27. A shoemaking machine having, in combination, means for engaging an upper, operating means for relatively moving said engaging means and the last lengthwise of the upper in the direction for straining the upper forwardly on the last, and means for fastening the upper to the innersole on both sides of the rear part of the shoe while the forward strain is maintained.

28. A shoemaking machine having, in combination, means for straining an upper forwardly on a last, and means operating automatically to lay the upper inwardly over the last bottom on opposite sides of the rear part of a shoe and to fasten the upper on both sides while the forward strain on the up er is maintained.

29. shoe making machine hav1ng m combination, lasting means comprising the toe end and wiper plates constructed and arranged to fold in the upper about the entire end portion of a last simultaneously, means for actuating said plates to do their work, and

means arranged to be automatically set intinction to fasten the upper after a predetermined number of actuations of the wiper plates.

30. A shoe making machine having in combination, lasting means comprising wiper plates constructed and arranged to fold in the upper about the entire end portion of a last simultaneously, means for actuating said plates to break the upper materials over the edge of the last, and then relatively actuate the plates and the last to press the upper down upon the last bottom, and operativelyconnected means for inserting fastenings to secure the upper while it s held by the Wipers.

31. A shoe making machine having in combination, lasting means comprising wiper plates constructed and arranged to fold in the upper about the entire end portion of a last simultaneously, means for inserting a plurality of fastenings simultaneously to fasten the upper about the end portion of the last, and power driven means to actuate the wipers a predetermined plurality of times and then automatically start the inserting mechanism.

32. A shoe making machine,having in combination, means for gripping an upper at ulling it to put and hold the marginal e go of the upper under lengthwise tension about the heel end of the last, means for actuating the gripper, and means for lastin the heel seat of the shoe while the upper 15 so held.

33. A shoe making machine, having in combination, wipers, a gripper, means for ac: tuating the gripper to strain the upper lengthwise of the last and hold the upper with its marginal portion under tension about the heel end of the last, and means for actuating the wipers to last the heel seat end of the shoe while the upper is so held.

34. A shoe making machine, having in combination, means for engaging an upper, operating means for relatively moving said engaging means and the last lengthwise of the upper in the direction for straining for wardly the upper placed loosely on the last and holding the upper under lengthwise tension, means for lasting the heel seat, and means for fastening the heel seat portion of the upper in lasted position.

35. A shoe making machine, having in combination, means for engaging an upper, operating means for relatively moving said engaging means and the last lengthwise of the upper in the direction for straining the upper forwardly about the heel end of the last and holding it under tension, means for working the marginal portions of the upper materials over the heel seat of the last, and means for fastening said overworked portions of the upper.

36. A shoe making machine, having in combination. means for straining an upper forwardly about the heel end of a last and holding it under tension, a heel embracing band to clamp the upper about the heel of the last, and automatically operating means for working the marginal portions of the upper materials over the heel seat of the last.

37. A shoe making machine, having in combination, means for straining an upper forwardly about the heel end of a last and holding it under tension, automatically 0 erating means for working the margina portions of the upper materials overtheheel seat of the last, and means for fastening said overworked portions of. the upper.

38. A shoe making machine, having in combination, means for straining an upper forwardly about the heel end of a last and holding it under tension, automatically 0 erating means for working the margina portions of the upper materials over the heel seat of the last, and automatic means for inserting a plurality of fastenings simultaneously to secure said overworked portions of the upper.

39. A shoe making machine, having in combination, means for straining an upper forwardly about the heel end of a last and holding it under tension, automatically operating means for forcing the marginal portions of the upper materials over upon the heel seat portion of the last, and power operated mechanism for relatively moving the last and said last-mentioned means in a direction for thereafter firmlypressing said material into lasted position.

40. A shoe making machine, having in combination, means for straining an upper forwardly about the heel end of a last and holding it under tension, means for forcing the marginal portions of the upper materials over upon the heel seat portion of the last and for thereafter firmly pressing said material into lasted position, and power-driven means for fastening the upper.

41. A shoe making machine, having in combination, means for pulling an upper forwardly on a last, and means arranged for operating a plurality of times automatically to wipe the upper into lasted position over the heel seat portion of the last.

42. A shoe making machine, having in combination, means for pulling an upper forwardly on a last, means arranged for operating a plurality of times automatically to wipe the upper into lasted position over the heel seat portion of the last, and means for fastening the upper.

43. A shoe making machine, having in combination, means for pulling an upper forwardly on a last, means arranged for 0peratingla plurality of times automatically to wipe t e upper into lasted position over the heel seat portion of the last. means for fastening the upper, and means for chang ing the relative planes of the wiping means and the shoe bottom during said wiping operations.

44. A shoe making machine having, in co1nbination, means for pulling an upper forwardly on a last and holding it under strain out of contact with the corner formed by the bottom and end face of the toe of the last, means for clamping the upper about the heel portion of the last, and means for wiping the upper into lasted position over the heel seat of the last.

45. A shoe making machine, having in combination, means for pulling an upper forwardly on a last, means for clamping an upper about the heel portion of the last, means for Wiping the upper into lasted position over the heel seat portion of the last, and means for tacking the upper.

46. A shoe making machine, having in combination, means for pulling an upper forwardly on a last, a heel embracing band, means for actuating said hand forwardly and inwardly for tightening and conforming the upper materials to the last, and means for Working the upper materials over upon the heel seat of the last.

47. A shoe making machine, having in combination. means for pulling an upper forwardly on a last. a heel embracing band, means for actuating said hand forwardly and inwardly for tightening and conforming the upper materials to the last, and means automatically operated to wipe the upper materials repeatedly over the heel seat of the last While the last is embraced by the band.

48. A shoe making machine, having in combination, end lasting wipers constructed and arranged to wipe the entire upper over the sides and end of the heel, of the shoe simultaneously and power-driven means for repeatedly actuating said wipers.

49. A shoe making machine, having in combination, end lasting wipers constriicted and arranged to wipe the entire upper over the sides and end of the heel of a shoe simultaneously, and power-driven means for repeatedly actuating said wipers. said machine having provision for changing relatively the plane of action of the wipers and the po sition of the shoe between successive actuations of the Wipers.

50. In an end lasting machine. the combination with suitably shaped and arranged wipers and supports therefor, of means for actuating the supports substantially perpen dicularly to the adjacent surfaces of the last, and sliding connections to permit the side wipers to slide through their supports lengthwise of the shoe. 

